Creating .exe file in Python

[hamilton]

On 6/17/2015 7:20 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:10 PM,  <subhabrata.banerji at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thank you all. It seems going fine now. I have one additional question if I run the .exe files created in Non Python Windows environment. Linux has Python builtin but in Non Python environment how may I run it? Is there any set of prequisites I have to follow. I am not finding much web help, if any one may kindly suggest.
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>
> There have been some proposals to make an easy way to produce a single
> package that has a Windows executable header, but can be easily
> unpacked and run using a system-provided Linux or Mac OS Python.
> However, I don't think any have been deployed yet. So the simple
> answer is: You can't do what you're trying to do. Instead, take a step
> back, and look at just getting your Python program to run on all
> platforms... and that's easy, just distribute the .py files. Much MUCH
> easier, more reliable, and simpler.
>
> ChrisA
>
Yes, this is easy.

However, the python source can be read by anyone.

As a .exe, the source can not be read.

Just because the interpreter is open source,
does not mean my application should be.